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Annexations, Rouzan and landfill votes on the agenda for Metro Council meeting

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The Baton Rouge Metro Council is set to vote on annexation of the Costco and Celtic Media Centre property, rezoning for the Rouzan development, and upgrades to the River Center at its meeting Wednesday.
(Diana Samuels, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

Baton Rouge Metro Council members have a busy docket for their meeting on Wednesday, including a vote on rezoning for the controversial Rouzan development in Southdowns, and annexation of Costco and Celtic Media Centre’s property.

Here are some of the key items on Wednesday’s agenda, with links to previous NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune coverage:

- The council was scheduled to vote on an ordinance outlawing discrimination, including on the basis of sexual orientation. However, Council Member C. Denise Marcelle, who has proposed the ordinance, is requesting that the item be deleted. She did not return a call for comment Monday afternoon.

- A conceptual plan and rezoning that would allow the Rouzan development in the Southdowns neighborhood to move forward will be up for a final vote before the council. The council already approved a related measure at a zoning meeting last week.

- The council is scheduled to vote on two resolutions opposing the creation of an industrial waste landfill in north Baton Rouge: One would direct the parish attorney’s office to sue entities and persons to stop the landfill’s operations, and the other would demand that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality explain why department officials issued a permit allowing the landfill.

- Finally, the annexation of property that includes a new Costco store and the Celtic Media Centre, into the city limits of Baton Rouge, is expected to be voted on by the council.

The meeting begins at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the council chambers, on the third floor of the governmental building at 222 St. Louis Street.